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Jose Pereira #742Brazil0Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida #240Brazil2

Sets 4-6 · 5-7Tue 20 Oct 2026, 15:00 Predictions gradedIndoor

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Player Profiles

Ranking advantageMatheus Pucinelli De Almeida · 502 places

Jose Pereira

Brazil

Brazilian right-hander, 180 cm, ranked No. 837. He was the seventh seed at the ITF M15 in Curitiba in September 2026 and reached the quarter-finals there. His age and career-high ranking could not be established reliably.

Current ranking: #742
Peak ranking: —
Current age: —
Preferred surface: Hard
Hand: Right handed
Height: 180 cm

Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida

Brazil

Career-high No. 190 on 26 September 2022. A 30 March 2026 report announced his return from injury for the April Campinas Challenger.

Current ranking: #240
Peak ranking: #190 · 2022
Current age: 25
Preferred surface: Clay
Hand: Right handed
Height: 183 cm

Quick Take

Pre-match view

Context last updated 20 Oct 2026, 06:03 · Europe/Bucharest

Pereira has already played twice here this week, while Pucinelli has the ranking and the steadier clay results but has not competed since 9 October.

Pucinelli is the likelier winner, yet 1.07 asks him to be almost untouchable, which his 7-8 run does not support. Pereira at 7 is the worthwhile price.

Context

Pereira has already played twice at this venue this week and won both in straight sets, so court speed and bounce are settled for him while Pucinelli has not competed since 9 October. The cost is twofold: two matches in two days at 35, and opposition well below the No. 240 he now faces, so the sharpness is real but the tests have been mild. Whether that sharpness offsets a 500-place ranking gap is the central question of the match.
- Pereira beat Tristan McCormick 6-1 6-4 on 18 October 2026
- Pereira beat Mateus Alves 6-3 6-1
- Pereira entered the Cali main draw as a qualifier
ConfirmedSources checked 20 Oct 2026, 06:02 · Europe/Bucharest
The winner immediately meets Jarry, a wildcard ranked No. 854 whose level is nothing like that number: he beat the fifth seed and defending champion in three sets straight after six months away. That result removed the highest-ranked obstacle in this section and makes the second round a step up rather than a routine seed meeting. It also means the reward for winning is a match against a former top-20 player whose ranking badly understates him.
- Jarry beat Barrios Vera 6-4 6-7(3) 6-3 on 19 October 2026 at Cali
- Barrios Vera was the fifth seed and defending champion
- Barrios Vera was Jarry's first match in six months
ConfirmedSources checked 20 Oct 2026, 06:02 · Europe/Bucharest
Those were successive-week quarterfinals on clay against Challenger fields, the steadiest stretch of Pucinelli's recent record, and the losses came to higher-ranked opponents rather than to players outside the top 300. It shows durability across a fortnight at a tier above the opposition Pereira has been beating. That is the clearest form marker available in this match, even though neither run produced a final.
- Pucinelli lost his Curitiba quarterfinal to Tomás Barrios Vera
- Pucinelli beat Alex Barrena 6-3 6-3 and Genaro Alberto Olivieri 6-3 6-3 at Antofagasta
- Pucinelli lost his Antofagasta quarterfinal to João Lucas Reis da Silva 6-4 7-6(1)
ConfirmedSources checked 20 Oct 2026, 06:02 · Europe/Bucharest
Pereira, 35 and ranked No. 742, has won four of his last six on clay, but those wins came against opponents outside the top 350.
Pereira took the middle set but was shut out in the third, and the step up from the players he has been beating to Pucinelli at No. 240 is the test ahead. It is one match rather than a pattern, and his four wins in that six-match span came against lower-ranked opposition. The result is a caution about how far his qualifying form travels.
- Pereira lost 3-6 6-4 0-6 to Lautaro Midon, ranked No. 189, on 6 October 2026
- Set scores in that match: 3-6, 6-4, 0-6

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The read
Pucinelli is the higher-ranked player and his clay results include two Challenger quarterfinals and slightly positive point and game totals.
- ATP ranking: Pucinelli 240, Pereira 742.
- Pucinelli won 51.1% of total points and 51.9% of games across his last 15 matches.
- Pucinelli reached clay Challenger quarterfinals in each of his two tournaments before Cali.
- Pereira is 9-5 in his last 14 completed matches, but most wins came against players ranked outside the top 350.
BetBugs · Match WinnerwonMatheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaEstimated chance64%

Previous match context available

Jose Pereira

10W 5L

6-3 6-1#399Mateus Alves 6-1 6-4#656Tristan Mccormick

6-3 4-6 6-0#189Lautaro Midon

6-3 6-3#399Mateus Alves

7-6(5) 6-3#669Arklon Huertas Del Pino

6-2 1-6 6-4#399Mateus Alves

6-7(1) 7-5 6-1#697Ryan Dickerson

6-4 3-6 6-3#861Rafael Tosetto

6-3 6-2#689Wilson Leite

6-4 6-7(3) 7-6(4)#899Justin Roberts

6-4 3-6 7-5—Felipe De Dios

3-6 6-3 6-3#900Salvador Price

5-2 ret.#399Mateus Alves

6-3 6-3#519Lorenzo Joaquin Rodriguez

7-5 6-4#444Murkel Dellien

Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida

7W 8L

6-4 7-6(1)#188Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva

6-3 6-3#255Genaro Alberto Olivieri

7-5 6-3#212Alex Barrena

6-1 3-6 6-3#155Tomas Barrios Vera

6-3 4-6 6-3#188Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva

3-6 6-3 6-0#426Paulo Saraiva Dos Santos

5-7 6-4 6-4#118Hugo Dellien

3-6 6-4 10-8#219Remy Bertola

7-6(2) 6-3#272Jay Dylan Hara Friend

6-3 6-4#419Marek Gengel

6-1 6-4#516Christian Langmo

6-4 6-4#289Oliver Tarvet

6-2 5-7 6-4#289Oliver Tarvet

6-3 6-1#533Peter Makk

6-4 5-7 6-2#192Jan Kumstat

Stat Battle

Last 15 match performance, compared side by side.

JPJose PereiraPereira

Last 15

5–2

9 core stats · 2 even

Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaAlmeidaMA

Jose Pereira carries the stronger recent form — Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida's route runs through serve.

Serve · 3–2

1st Serve In15/15 · 14/1573.0%+8.4pp64.6%

1st Serve Won15/15 · 14/1565.5%+2.8pp68.3%

2nd Serve Won15/15 · 14/1550.0%+4.4pp54.4%

Aces / Match15/15 · 14/153.1+1.21.9

Double Faults / Match15/15 · 14/151.70.7 fewer2.4

Return · 1–0

Return Pts Won15/15 · 14/1541.4%+2.5pp38.9%

Pressure · 1–0 · 1 even

Break Pts Converted15/15 · 14/1544.6%—45.2%

Break Pts Saved15/15 · 14/1561.1%+5.1pp56.0%

Points · 0–0 · 1 even

Total Pts Won15/15 · 14/1551.2%—51.1%

Serve · 3–2

73.0%1st Serve In15/15 · 14/15+8.4pp64.6%

65.5%1st Serve Won15/15 · 14/15+2.8pp68.3%

50.0%2nd Serve Won15/15 · 14/15+4.4pp54.4%

3.1Aces / Match15/15 · 14/15+1.21.9

1.7Double Faults / Match15/15 · 14/150.7 fewer2.4

Return · 1–0

41.4%Return Pts Won15/15 · 14/15+2.5pp38.9%

Pressure · 1–0 · 1 even

44.6%Break Pts Converted15/15 · 14/15—45.2%

61.1%Break Pts Saved15/15 · 14/15+5.1pp56.0%

Points · 0–0 · 1 even

51.2%Total Pts Won15/15 · 14/15—51.1%